Pat Mccarty Granite Mountain

One of pat s favorite roles was providing support to the wildland fire crew that would eventually become the granite mountain hotshots.

Pat mccarty granite mountain.

Pat was born to h p. Granite mountain hotshots survivor brendan mcdonough left and former hotshot pat mccarty consulted with the filmmakers about their crew and the fire for only the brave which recounts the. Left to right john marsh pat mccarty. Pat mccarty who was a granite mountain hotshot for a few years before the yarnell fire worked with mcdonough as technical advisor on the film.

Pa mccarty and. Pat mccarty left prescott fire department captain and former granite mountain hotshot stands with fellow hotshots jesse steed and clayton whitted in sequoia national forest. I would relate it to special operations in the military branch said pat mccarty a former granite mountain hotshot who left the unit before last year s deadly fire to start a family. We re in such a unique situation here with the fact that we have a great opportunity to tell the world about these men mccarty said.

Panelists at a wednesday night june 19 fundraiser talked about the granite mountain hotshot tragedy and only the brave. Pat loved those. He captured video footage thinking he was looking at a town about to burn when suddenly around 3 pm the thunderhead collapses and creates outflow winds that quickly change the fire s direction. Most people don t know what hotshots are and that s just the way hotshots like it says pat mccarty a former granite mountain hotshot who left the crew in 2010.

Through hope determination sacrifice and the drive to protect families and communities the granite mountain hotshots become one of the most elite firefighting teams in the country.